Voices, The Peoples News
October 16, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE Shooting Victim in NYC Held in Solitary Confinement. In a new court filing, Oscar Belgal’s attorneys say he’s being denied adequate medical care with a bullet still lodged in his neck. Harold Solis, an attorney said, “It’s not clear to us why a person with a bullet in their body is in solitary confinement and hasn’t been seen by medical specialists that apparently even the hospital told him he needs.”
https://solitarywatch.org/2026/10/14/man-shot-by-ice-in-nyc-held-in-solitary-confinement-in-notorious-federal-jail/
‘Five terrifying days’: Scathing lawsuit details disturbing claims against ICE contractor
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-contractors-new-report-five/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
Wholesale prices see a 6.3% annual jump in September, much higher than economists expected. Both the monthly and annual increase exceeded forecasts of economists polled by Dow Jones, who expected an increase of 0.6% for the month and 5.5% for the year.
https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/wholesale-prices-see-63-annual-jump-september-much-higher-economists-expected
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Oregon school shooting kills 4: A 16-year-old shot his way through locked doors to get into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher. He was then shot by a person at the scene who followed him inside, authorities said. The three children were aged 5, 8 and 11. Another child, 7, and a teacher, 54, were injured and taken to the hospital in critical condition
https://apnews.com/article/oregon-school-shooting-silver-rail-elementary-b0642ec5cd3da0db24227a2798e2c6ce
‘I do not care’: A Texas teacher says they removed two students without asking the vice principal, and that the parents are ‘still in denial’: Texas Teacher Uses State Law to Kick Two Students Out of Class: ‘We Are Teachers, Not Social Workers’
https://thenerdstash.com/texas-teacher-uses-state-law-to-kick-two-students-out-of-class-we-are-teachers-not-social-workers/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Texas contractor faces 30-year prison sentence after stealing over $300,000 from customers. “You are destroying homes, their investments, and their life.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-home/north-texas-contractor-sentenced-30-years-prison/
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
The Trump administration is moving forward with its plan to eliminate all national rules that limit dangerous air pollution from power plants, putting the health, safety and well-being of all Americans at greater risk.
https://www.edf.org/trump-administration-attacks-protections-against-pollution-power-plants
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Fuel / Nuclear
The ‘Biggest Oil Deal in History’ Is Turning Off the Lights in Venezuela. The recent U.S.-Venezuela oil deal leaves Venezuelans with very little income or benefits, and even less sovereignty.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-biggest-oil-deal-in-history-is-turning-off-the-lights-in-venezuela/
Donald Trump promised Russian diesel supplies, but analysts said the volumes are too small to meaningfully reduce American fuel costs
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-diesel-deal-price-impacts-pump-experts-12557596
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell’s Epstein Court Papers Face Deadline as Judge Demands Review to Protect Victims, Court Docs Show
https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/evidence-deadline-looms-in-case-of-epsteins-ex-girlfriend
US judge denies request to unseal records in Ghislaine Maxwell case. Government had hoped to get files released about Jeffrey Epstein associate to quell furore that had grown over the case.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/11/us-judge-denies-request-to-unseal-records-in-ghislaine-maxwell-case
How Democrats Could Investigate Banks That Worked With Epstein—And Punish Execs Who Helped Him
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/lawmakers-seek-to-compel-regulators-to-probe-epstein-tied-banks
# Gov / Politics / US
Trump’s DOJ absurdly wanted California to verify 417 voters an hou
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-demanded-california-vet-20000-voters-within-48-hours-before-suing/
Watchdog sues to block Jared Kushner from serving as Trump’s envoy without Senate confirmation or financial disclosures, citing his $6 billion foreign-funded firm
https://apnews.com/article/jared-kushner-crew-lawsuit-trump-envoy-diplomat-aa28eeb278937ec29c0f35e72d13ba45
Duckworth Says “This Is Peak Corruption” After Reports of Large Contracts Placed Minutes Before Trump’s Truth Social Post on Iran
https://apnews.com/article/jared-kushner-crew-lawsuit-trump-envoy-diplomat-aa28eeb278937ec29c0f35e72d13ba45
Trump donor threatens to bring down his ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION tomorrow! Man at the center of the Kimberly Guilfoyle scandal says he has a secret 16-minute recording that could blow the White House apart!
What on EARTH is on this tape?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-donor-center-guilfoyle-scandal-175118935.html
Trump, Netanyahu hold off on Iran strikes as elections loom in U.S., Israel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_30b5c0eb-bdfa-41d8-9a36-c698028fff92.html
We’re tracking 76 ongoing anti-voting lawsuits (and counting): As Election Day nears, these federal cases could still impact access to the ballot
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/as-election-day-nears-these-federal-cases-could-still-impact-access-to-the-ballot/
‘Don’t tell anyone’: White House history group told staff to hide secret East Wing funds. Association president Stewart McLaurin and his deputies gave staff a directive – “don’t tell anyone” about the gift from businessman Vance Patterson or the detailed photographs of the East Wing the group had commissioned, four people familiar with the conversations told the Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/10/16/white-house-historical-association-has-courted-trump-alienating-donors/
Declassified memos challenge key witness testimony from 2019 impeachment case against Trump. Newly declassified State Department emails and documents show former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch received frequent briefings from top aides on Burisma and Hunter Biden, conflicting with her congressional impeachment testimony. Internal emails also show her deputy in Kyiv believed the Burisma/Biden relationship was adversely affecting U.S. policy.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/declassified-records-challenge-key-2019-trump
Autocracy watch. ICE officials are planning to spend $100 million to deploy 142 intelligence agents in more than two dozen cities and the District of Columbia as part of a sweeping domestic surveillance program. The new program is called the Enforcement and Removal Operations Overwatch and National Security Enforcement. “It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency,” says an ACLU analyst.
https://prospect.org/2026/10/14/ice-planning-nightmare-domestic-spy-program-ero-one/
Blumenthal Says Putin Is “Playing Trump for a Fool” and Hoping to “Weaponize a Freezing, Starving, Bloody Winter Against Ukraine” — Demands President Rescind Russian Diesel Deal
https://substack.com/@senblumenthal/note/c-360076027
President Trump just sent a WARNING to Ohio: elect Democrats, and be invaded by SOMALIS like Minnesota. “They come in, they have nothing, and they’re the number one buyers of Mercedes, Benz and BMWs in the state of Minnesota.” “They’re low IQ people!” “If you want to stop Ohio from being PLUNDERED, RANSACKED, and DESTROYED like Minnesota is being destroyed, vote for John Husted and vote for Vivek Ramaswamy.”
https://share.newsbreak.com/jvdfycw0
White House ‘money laundering operation’ exposed by ex-DOJ pardon attorney: ‘Shady’: After records revealed the donors behind President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer called the project “basically a money laundering operation.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ballroom-money-laundering/
GOP Congressman Will Pursue Hegseth Impeachment, “I’ll Force a Vote”: “The House adjourned until after the election to avoid votes on releasing the rest of the Epstein Files and on the impeachment of SecDef Hegseth,” Massie wrote Thursday on X. “When we return, if the files haven’t been released and if Hegseth is still in office, I’ll force a vote on both.”
https://2paragraphs.com/2026/10/gop-congressman-will-pursue-hegseth-impeachment-ill-force-a-vote/
‘Something is up’: Ex-GOP operative alarmed as shady Trump deal points to Ukraine blackout
https://www.rawstory.com/tim-miller-2678092200/
4 GOP senators join letter demanding Pentagon inspector general investigation of Ukraine’s Starlink outage. Four Republican senators have joined their Democratic colleagues in pressing the Trump administration for information about whether Pentagon officials ordered restrictions on Ukraine’s access to the satellite-based Starshield network, which Ukrainian officials said limited their ability to intercept Russian drones.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6152690-senators-demand-starshield-probe/
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s $6billion foreign investment empire under fire in lawsuit, Court docs show
https://radaronline.com/p/trump-son-in-law-jared-kushner-foreign-investment-empire-lawsuit/
Trump’s suck-up ballroom donors are finally unmasked, One name is notably absent from the list of contributers—the president himself.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-suck-ballroom-donors-finally-175358062.html
12 Senators Demand Trump Stop Giving Putin a Financial Lifeline Amid Ukraine War
https://radaronline.com/p/trump-senators-demand-stop-giving-putin-financial-lifeline-ukraine-war/
# Global News
‘China made its choice’: Robert Kiyosaki says the nation is ‘dumping’ the US over 1 thing. Fortify your nest egg now. “This isn’t a coincidence; it’s positioning.” “Bill Gates is buying farmland. China is buying farmland,” Kiyosaki said (1) in an Instagram video. “That should get your attention, because when two very different power centers agree on one asset, it’s worth asking why.”
https://www.aol.com/articles/kiyosaki-red-flag-bill-gates-110500000.html
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Harris County DA considering charges against ICE agent who hit man with vehicle in Houston. District Attorney Sean Teare said his office is investigating whether an ICE agent in an SUV intentionally struck Miguel Parra-Hernandez as he fled.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/13/ice-houston-hit-pedestrian-car-criminal-investigation/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Judge orders President Donald Trump and White House aide Natalie Harp to respond to lawsuit over Truth Social subscriber program: Plan called ‘extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional’ in legal filing
https://www.wonderwall.com/politics/judge-orders-president-donald-trump-white-house-aide-natalie-harp-respond-lawsuit-truth-social-subscriber-program/
# Media / Press / TV
Trump’s new press secretary is lying, incompetent, and perfect for the Job. An administration built on clumsy lies deserves a press secretary who’s a clumsy liar. Now Trump has one.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/10/katie-zacharia-press-secretary-trump.html
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Programs
Growing pressures facing hospitals could mean service cuts that will impact patients in rural communities. How Much More highlights the real-world consequences for patients and the growing financial pressures for the hospitals and health systems that patients rely on.
WATCH: https://buff.ly/Zj24pv9
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Lockheed Martin has announced a $300-million investment to expand its missile manufacturing facility in Grand Prairie, Texas.
https://thedefensepost.com/2025/04/11/us-nuclear-bomb-production-2/
# Social / Communities / Housing
HUD’s staffing cuts hurt certain housing services, watchdog finds. Housing organizations told the Government Accountability Office that they now face more obstacles getting in touch with department employees in a timely manner.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/10/huds-staffing-cuts-hurt-certain-housing-services-watchdog-finds/416635/
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Japan Invests $21 Billion in New York Chip Factories. The country will provide $10 billion to speed up construction of a semiconductor fabrication plant from GlobalFoundries that the company aims to bring online by 2029, while another $10 billion will go toward a second plant from the chip manufacturer.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6148573-trump-announces-chip-deal-japan/
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